Fish on tilt – a beginner’s NL blog – Page 2

_Anonymous_ · 2010-12-17T22:17:07Z

Hey all, I'm Matt, I'm 18, and I'm from South East England, near Cambridge. I first learnt 5 card draw in middle school when I was just 11 or 12, and at lunch time I'd play it with my friends, I was never very good, but I had a lot of fun. Obviously we never played for money at the time but it was all good fun. A couple of years ago I was at college and we were all playing online poker for play money, I was no good since I was new to Texas Hold 'Em, but I quickly learned the ropes and soon became the best player in my class. I played on Facebook poker (I know, I know haha.) for several months, practising with the intention of playing for money once I turned 18. I was dominating Facebook poker, 1st out of all my friends, with roughly 500x more money than most of them, I had a big ego, played like a maniac, and thought my play chip winnings made me a poker god. I tilted and lost all my play chips, got bored of poker and quit for a long time. Around 2 months ago I had a little extra money, £8 or so (just over $10), sitting in my bank, and since I'd yet to play for real money since turning 18, I figured why not, and deposited it on another poker site. Within just a week I'd won my way from $10 to $60, playing just 30 minutes a day, I was very happy and thought poker was my new job. I won up to $70, then withdrew $50, forgetting the important of BRM. I had $20 left and was playing 10NL, lost the $20 in a matter of minutes, next up I deposited the $50 back, and proceeded to tilt and lose all of that within a couple of days. Just when I'd given up with poker for the second time my friend messaged me, and linked me to PokerStrategy, I'd seen it before but previously thought it was a scam, he told me friends of his had used it, so I gave it a try, and around 2 weeks ago I got my $50 free starting capital. Now I've started playing NL2 FR, sticking to BRM and learning BSS. I've had hit and miss sessions, overall my play was very bad at first, but I'm rapidly improving. Unfortunately tilt is still a big problem, and so someone suggested a blog would help me manage tilt, as I'd have to post about it here. -Stats- Starting bankroll: $50 Current bankroll: $35.46 Platform: 4-6 tables - 2NL FR at William Hill Hands played: 12,109 VPIP/PFR: 12/7 My graph is too shameful to post :f_cry: -Goals- Green = done Short term: - Play 25k hands - Get $50 rake to keep initial starting capital - Hit $100 and move to NL4 - Read "Ace on the River" by Barry Greenstein - Read "The Poker Mindset" by Ian Taylor and Matthew Hilger - Read "Small Stakes Hold 'Em" by Ed Miller, David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth - Read all bronze BSS articles + watch accompanying videos Mid term: - Play 100k hands - Keep moving up limits - Read all silver BSS articles + watch accompanying videos - Get to gold Long term: - Play professional poker as a career - Play 100k+ hands per month - Crack AA with 27o (from BB) :f_cool: Wish me luck, or rather, wish me plenty of learning opportunities so I can improve my skill - and luck won't be necessary. Thanks for reading, I'll try update regularly.

_Anonymous_

27.12.2010, 11:16 0

good luck

_Anonymous_ Topic starter

04.01.2011, 01:10 0

Haven't updated in a few days, had some massive bad sessions, tilt, and just general bad play, I've had a rough time irl for the past week or so and it definitely made my game take a hit.

At my lowest I was down to $23.

I managed about 800 hands yesterday and 200 (was busy so only played 4 tables today) today.

After sitting down and making sure I played correctly and didn't make any stupid decisions, I've worked my way from $23 to $31.

Still got a way to go, but I've earned around $23 rake now according to PT, so that's almost half of my $50 starting capital, once I hit $50 rake any money I have in the account will be mine. I have another ~120 days to get $27 rake, shouldn't be hard.

_Anonymous_

04.01.2011, 10:25 0

Well even i dont really stick to it, in poker its all about the volume, you should prolly try six tabling, and palying around 1.5-2 k hands/day, oh and Happy new year ♦

_Anonymous_ Topic starter

05.01.2011, 01:53 0

Unfortunately today wasn't the best day, lost $5, however overall I'm happy with my play today and I think the losses were just variance rather than bad play. Still made many mistakes today but I can tell that overall my play has improved a lot recently.

The only thing I'm not so happy about today is that I only played ~300 hands. However, I felt myself beginning to tilt when I lost so much and decided it was for the best and that I could play some extra hands tomorrow instead.

_Anonymous_ Topic starter

05.01.2011, 19:31 0

Only played ~200 hands so far today simply because after having such a nice winning streak I was starting to get overconfident and could feel tilt approaching, decided to quit and either play again later or tomorrow.

Up to $34.39 now, that's ~$8 profit today.

Aside from a single hand which I'm unsure about I am extremely happy with my play today, I can honestly see great improvement with every day I play

Here's the hand in question:

Known players:
[tg]Position_Stack:hands/vp$ip/RaisePreflop/AF/WTS/ORL/BBvsSteal/W$SD;Hero$2:///////;BU$0.95:07/29/14/1.0/50/100/-/0;[/tg]
0.01/0.02 No-Limit Hold'em (9 handed)
Hand recorder used for this poker hand: Elephant 0.90 by www.pokerstrategy.com.

Preflop: Hero is BB with A♣, J♦
6 folds, BU raises to $0.04, SB folds, Hero raises to $0.14, BU calls $0.08.

Flop: ($0.27) 6♠, 4♣, 3♣ (2 players)
Hero bets $0.18, BU calls $0.18.

Turn: ($0.63) 4♠ (2 players)
Hero bets $0.48, BU raises to $0.65 (All-In), Hero calls $0.17.

River: ($1.93) A♥ (2 players)

Final Pot: $1.93

Results follow (highlight to see):
BU shows (7s 7d)
Hero shows two-pair, aces and fours (Ac Jd)

Hero wins with two-pair, aces and fours (Ac Jd)

As you can see I sucked out on the river, I'm thinking maybe I should have just check-folded the turn, thoughts?

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05.01.2011, 19:47 0

To be honest i'm not Cbetting this flop often. There is so much in his range that flatcalls a 3bet that will stay in this hand, Pocket pairs 77 - JJ/QQ and many suited connectors that may have hit a flush draw. So i'd either be giving up on the flop or the turn.

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_Anonymous_ Topic starter

07.01.2011, 13:07 0

Yesterday I didn't play many hands again, finishing with around ~280, though I finished with $37.39, making $3.

Today I've played ~150 hands so far, taking a break as I'm about to have guests, but I should be playing again later as I don't want to get into the habit of only playing a short while each day.

Currently at: $37.64

_Anonymous_ Topic starter

09.01.2011, 01:12 0

Unforunately I never played any more hands yesterday, and I didn't play many at all today either (293 total). I've been spending a lot of my time doing other things rather than poker but I think I'll gradually up my time spent playing, if necessary I'll play 2 or 3 short sessions rather than one long one as that still gives me plenty of free time.

Anyway, total hands now: 11,493

Balance: $39.39

_Anonymous_

09.01.2011, 12:05 0

Well the c bet on the flop i gues it is ok on some players.. but the on on the turn dosent has hes place there.. i think, but then again luck strikes again and u win ^^ gz

_Anonymous_ Topic starter

10.01.2011, 20:15 0

Unfortunately yesterday I was busy and couldn't play. Today I've managed to get ~600 hands in though, but I'm down to $35.46.

Mostly +EV play today but there were two horrible plays I made which really cost me. At one point I knew someone either had nothing or 3 of a kind, and I had a flush, I neglected to notice the possible FH on the board and shoved, lost a buyin. Then just now some fish was shoving all in every hand, so I steamed and called him with KTs, he turns over KQs and picks up 1/2 a buyin.

I was planning to play an hour or two more but after that horrible misplay just there I thought quitting for tonight would be best.

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